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As the Republican-controlled Congress grapples with governing in this mess over funding the Department of Homeland Security, the sense of deja vu is overwhelming. And Greg Sargent does a masterful job of recounting just how many times we have seen this movie before and the predictable way it will end. Think of it as an […]

Greg Sargent takes a stab—a well-informed and considered stab—at determining what's at stake economically for the states that might lose out in King v. Burwell, if the Supreme Court decides to take subsidies away from the states using the federal insurance exchange. Show More Summary

So what does the public think of President Obama's request for an authorization to use military force against ISIS? According to a new NBC/Marist poll, they're basically in favor:
Greg Sargent has a partisan breakdown, and approval of the AUMF is surprisingly bipartisan: 60 percent of Democrats approve and 52 percent of Republicans approve. Show More Summary

This afternoon Republicans announced that Iowa freshman GOP Sen. Joni Ernst will be delivering the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, and via Greg Sargent frankly I can’t think of a more fitting spokesperson. Iowa happily elected her after saying this: “What we have to do a better job of is educating not [Read more...]
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The
Washington Post ’s Greg Sargent
looks at how many people could be affected by a Supreme
Court ruling in King v. Burwell, an upcoming
challenge to the implementation of Obamacare. The challengers in
he case argue that the plain text...Show More Summary

Greg Sargent notes that the future of Obamacare is one of the big political unknowns of the new year:
One of the big, looming questions of 2015 is this: Will the Supreme Court really gut Obamacare subsidies in the three dozen statesShow More Summary

Greg Sargent had an interesting piece yesterday about President Obama's recent decision "to be as aggressive and ambitious as possible in unilaterally pursuing his agenda wherever he can," and how his executive actions are "setting in...Show More Summary

From Rebecca Leber's article in TNR
Greg Sargent:
The current legal challenge that could gut Obamacare subsidies in three dozen states is regularly described by its proponents as an effort to enforce the law as written. As Dave Weigel...Show More Summary

Greg Sargent's Morning Plum points out that what Obama plans to do is legal, and even wingnut lawyers don't believe otherwise. The problem, of course, is that facts have nothing to do with the swelling tsunami of Republican outrage that...Show More Summary

Greg Sargent has a great explanation of the legal aspects of President Obama’s likely decision to focus deportation resources away from certain immigrants. Key points: Even if Obama expands the numbers temporarily shielded from deportation, the enforcement machinery would still continue to deploy the same level of resources towards deportations. And: Congress has given the [...]

A Supreme Court ruling could result in millions of Americans losing benefits. If Republicans don’t fix it, they’ll get the blame. Greg Sargent explains: So let’s say SCOTUS does strike down the subsidies. If so, it will create an interesting situation for Republican lawmakers. It will make it impossible for them to get away with [...]

Democrats are increasingly pessimistic about holding the Senate. As Greg Sargent notes in the Washington Post: with Democrats narrowly favored in New Hampshire and North Carolina, the route to 50 seats will probably also require Democratic wins in Colorado and Iowa at the outset, followed by a surprise pickup elsewhere. This is not impossible. But […]

Over at
The Washington Post, Greg Sargent
notes that Democrats have a frequent turnout problem in midterm
elections, and it doesn't appear to be going away. Despite having
sunk tons of cash and effort into boosting turnout amongst core
consituencies, it looks likely that the party's midterm turnout
problem is going to continue this year. Show More Summary

Looks like Bill Clinton will be out there, urging Dems to get out the vote in the Southern states. He's right, we're not used to turning out in the mid-terms and we have to change that. Greg Sargent at the Plum Line:
For the purposes...Show More Summary

The America-hating AP dares to suggest that ISIS is not outside your window trying to kill you RIGHT NOW. http://t.co/Xedmcs1UIF — daveweigel (@daveweigel) September 10, 2014 Greg Sargent, also — “Is the Media Putting Its Thumb on the Scale?“: …[H]alf-baked suggestions that Americans want generic “action” risk being misleading. Show More Summary

Greg Sargent: GOP’s Obamacare repeal follies continue: "One of the most amusing subplots of the 2014 elections... >...has been the endless and frequently comic struggles of GOP Senate candidates to articulate their position on Medicaid.... Show More Summary

By Michael J.W. Stickings Greg Sargent reports: In another sign that the politics of Obamacare continue to shift, the Medicaid expansion is now all but certain to come to another big state whose Republican governor had previously resisted it: Pennsylvania. Show More Summary